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"Effects Of" and "Effects With" Captions: How Exactly Does Watching a TV Programme with Same-Language Subtitles Make a Difference to Language Learners?
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Vanderplank, Robert – Language Teaching, 2016
Ever since Karen Price's ground-breaking work in 1983, we have known that same-language subtitles (captions) primarily intended for the deaf and hearing-impaired can provide access to foreign language films and TV programmes which would otherwise be virtually incomprehensible to non-native-speaker viewers. Since then, researchers have steadily…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Second Language Learning, Layout (Publications), Visual Aids
Kaos, Pirandello, and the Communicative Approach to Language Learning: An Example of the Use of Literature and Cinema in the Language Classroom.
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Cincotta, Madeleine Strong – Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1991
A description of a secondary school Italian course using literature and film as teaching resources illustrate how the use of a communicative approach can foster the natural integration and development of listening, understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. (two references) (CB)
Descriptors: Foreign Language Books, Foreign Language Films, Italian, Language Enrichment
And Now for Our Feature Presentation: Using Films for Contextualized Language Learning.
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Mason, Keith – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1997
Outlines a rationale for using movies in modern language classes. Films in the target-language are useful in promoting listening comprehension and target-language culture. Films in students' native language may also be useful. The paper identifies ways for teachers to develop content-rich units that foster language learning. Two appendixes list…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Language Films, Higher Education, Language Skills
Interactive Videodisks of Films Help Students Learn Foreign Languages.
Watkins, Beverly T. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
Combined with a computer, videodisks of foreign films are helping second-language students at the University of Pennsylvania learn two neglected skills, listening and looking. The combination of attractive visual and linguistic information and fast pace stimulates vocabulary acquisition. The program has prepared 20 interactive videodiscs in 6…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Language Films, Higher Education